Record-cabinet



0. -L. OSTENDORF.

RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 1920.

Patentease t. 14,1920.

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A TTOR NE Yv UNITED sT rss OTTO L. OSTENDORF, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

RECORD-CABINET: v

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Spt 14, 192() Applicationfiled March 4, 1920. Serial No. 363,227.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be'it known that I, OTTO L. OSTENDORF, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Rochester, in thecounty of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Record-Cabinets, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to record cabinets, and more particularly cabinetsof the type employed for housing disk records of talking machines. 7

' The object of the invention is to provide a simple structure that canbe manufactured economically, thecost of the material used and ofassembling being reduced to a'minimum.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a practical arrangementthat can be conveniently applied to any of the conventional types oftalking machine cabinet-s, and which'is also readily adapted to i beingbuilt in separate independent units.

An additional purpose of the invention is to reduce the'number of partsrequired as low as possible, and also eliminate the necessity of anymovable metallic operating connections.

In general, the invention consists of a series of substantially L-shapedpartitions which are suitably spacedfrom one another and retained byslotted walls engaging the end and bottom edges of the partitions.Located between the partitions are record supporting slides which may becut or stamped from sheet material, and which are freely movable hackand forth within any definite limits to remove or insert a record. Theslides are retained by a transverse rod extending through the severalpartitions and engaging longitudinal slots in the slides. Each slide hasa longitudinally extending slot for the purpose mentioned, andcommunicating therewith is a vertical slot extending downwardly to thebottom edge of the slide to permit the latter to be dropped over orremoved from the retaining rod.

Other features of advantage will appear from the following detaileddescription, in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, the novelfeatures being pointed out in the claims at the end of thespecification.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved cabinet, with parts brokenaway,

and showing one of the slidable record sup ports 1n normal or'innermostposition, and another record support in its outermost position, withrecords positioned on the respective supports; Fig. 2 is a front viewwith a portion broken away, and i Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional viewon line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The 1 construction illustrated herein is what I consider to be apreferred arrangement, but it is intended only as anexemplary-disclosure and not in any sense as limiting the invention tothe details that are set forth. v

The cabinet comprises a series of substantially L-shaped partitionsdesignated by A, and each comprising an upwardly extending leg at and arearwardly extending leg a. By utihzing this form of partition, theamount of material required is reduced to a minlmum, while at thesametime the records are adequately supported by engagement with the upper,rear and central portions ofthepartitions. The partitions are preferablymade of fiber-board, although other material may beemployed for thispurpose, if desired. The partitions are sup ported upon a bottom B whichis slotted, as indicated by b, to receive the bottom edges of thepartitions. C designates a top wall which is slotted at 0 to receivetheedges of the upper ends of the partitions, while D is a similar wallslotted at d to receive the edges of the rear ends of the partitions.The

bottom B and thewalls C and D may be held togetherin any desirable way,as in the present embodiment by means of sides E which are convenientlysecured to the portions last mentioned. A retaining strip 6 may beattached at the rear of the top wall C, while is a molding which isattached at the front of said wall E and overlying the slots therein,and also the upper extremities of the partitions.

Located between the several partitions A are the record supports, whichare in the form of slides designated byvF, and movable back and forth onthe bottom B. Each slide F is provided with a longitudinally extendingslot f and a vertically arranged slot f, which extends from the bottomedge of the slide to the center slot 7". The slot 7 engages a transverserod G, which preferably extends through the several partitions and issuitably attached to the sides of the cabinet. The rod G, by engagingthe ends of the slot f, serves to limit the outward or forward movementsof the record supporting slides. The slot 7" is for the purpose ofpermitting a slide to be readily positioned in operative relationshipwith the locking rod G by moving the slide along until the slot 7 isimmediately above the rod Gr, whereupon the slide can be droppeddownwardly until the rod G is engaged with the slot 7'.

The upper or supporting edge of the slide is in the form of a reversecurve, being concaved, as indicated by F, to receive the curved loweredge of a record, and having a convex curve f toward the front toprevent the record from accidentally rolling forward on the supportingslide.

To remove a record from the cabinet, it is only necessary to pull outthe selected slide until the record projects beyond the front edge ofthe partitions and cabinet, so that it can be grasped and lifted out.This forward movement of the slide does not, however, cause the recordto roll from the cabinet, owing'to the upwardly curved portion f whichconstitutes a sufficient barrier. The record is replaced by dropping itinto the proper compartment on its slide, where it occupies the concavedportion, and the slide is then pushed into the cabinet, carrying with itthe record.

The supporting slides are provided with suitable handles at theirforward ends, and these are arranged in staggered or alternaterelationship in order to permit of readily grasping any particularslide. The alter nate slides are provided with upwardly projectingextensions 9', while the other slides are provided with forwardlyprojecting extensions g. Arranged at the bottom, in front of thecabinet, is a molding it, having an inclined front wall it upon whichmay be arranged suitable indicia ]L2 to identify the differentcompartments and slides, so that any particular indexed record can bereadily selected.

The invention is susceptible of other modifications and changes withoutdeparting from the underlying important features, and this applicationis intended to cover any such departures from the construction justdescribed as may come within the purpose of the invention and the scopeof the following claims.

I claim:

1. A record cabinet comprising a series of partitions, record supportingslides positioned between said partitions at the bottom of the cabinet,each slide having its bottom edge slidable on the bottom of the cabinetand its uppermost edge arranged to support a record, which is adapted tooccupy a position between the uppermost edge of the slide and the top ofthe cabinet, the record supporting slide having also a longitudinallyextending slot and a vertically extending slot leading from the bottomedge of the slide to said longitudinal slot, and a-rod extendingtransversely of the cabinet through said partitions and cooperating withsaid longitudinal slot to limit forward move-- ment of the slide, whichlatter is removable from the cabinet by lifting it away from said rodand without moving the rod.

2. A record cabinet comprising a series of partitions and recordsupporting slides movable between the partitions, each slide having aconcave curve toward the rear'to receive the edge of a record, and aconvex curve continuous with the concave curve toward the front toretain the record on the slide, said slide also having a longitudinalslot and a vertical slot extending from the bottom edge to thelongitudinal slot, and a transversely extending rod engaging saidlongitudinal slot and acting to limit forward movement of the slide,each slide acting to support a record on its upper edge and beingindependently removable by lifting it away from said rod.

In witness whereof I hereunto sign my name.

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